System and method for sharing information in a private ecosystem
A system and method are disclosed for controlling a restricted ecosystem of software applications. The method may include originating software applications from a vendor, associating a collection of the software applications with a user, controlling the distribution of the collection of software applications to the user, controlling access to the collection of software applications based on user credentials, and controlling the installing and updating of the collection of software applications. The method may additionally include executing a first software application from the collection of software applications, executing a second software application, and transferring data from the first software application to the second software application. The method may additionally include transferring data from the first software application to a web service.
1. A method for securely transferring data between at least two software applications within a restricted ecosystem of software applications, the method comprising:
loading a first of said at least two software applications onto an application loader;
encrypting transport data to transfer from said first of said at least two software applications to a second of said at least two software applications, said transport data being encrypted with a master key;
generating a user passcode key from a user passcode cipher seed;
encrypting said master key with said user passcode key;
storing said encrypted transport data at a first location in a computer memory, said first location being chosen randomly;
combining said encrypted master key with a first address of said first location;
storing, at a second location in said computer memory, said combined master key and said first address of said first location, a second address of said second location being generated from a keychain location cipher seed; and
communicating said keychain location cipher seed to said second of said at least two software applications.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating said user passcode cipher seed to said second of said at least two software applications.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transport data comprises security information for authenticating said first of said at least two software applications.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transport data comprises security information for authenticating a user of one of said at least two software applications.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least two software applications are executing on a single computing device.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least two software applications are executing on different computing devices.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least two software applications are associated with a single user.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least two software applications are associated with different users.
9. A mobile communications system for transferring data between at least two software applications within a restricted ecosystem of software applications, the system comprising:
at least one computer memory storing instructions; and
at least one computer processor programmed for providing at least one application loader and at least one ecosystem controller;
said at least one application loader for loading said at least two software applications onto said at least one computer processor for execution;
said at least one ecosystem controller programmed to:
load a first of said at least two software applications onto said at least one application loader,
encrypt transport data to transfer from a first of said at least two software applications to a second of said at least two software applications, said transport data being encrypted with a master key;
generate a user passcode key from a user passcode cipher seed;
encrypt said master key with said user passcode key;
store said encrypted transport data at a first location in a computer memory, said first location being chosen randomly;
combining said encrypted master key with a first address of said first location;
store, at a second location in said computer memory, said combined master key and said first address of said first location, a second address of said second location being generated from a keychain location cipher seed; and
communicate said keychain location cipher seed to said second of said at least two software applications.
10. The system of claim 9 , said at least one ecosystem controller being further programmed to communicate said user passcode cipher seed to said second of said at least two software applications.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein said transport data comprises security information for authenticating said first of said at least two software applications.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein said transport data comprises security information for authenticating a user of one of said at least two software applications.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein said at least two software applications are executing on a single computing device.
14. The system of claim 9 , wherein said at least two software applications are executing on different computing devices.
15. The system of claim 9 , wherein said at least two software applications are associated with a single user.
16. The system of claim 9 , wherein said at least two software applications are associated with different users.
17. The system of claim 9 , said at least one ecosystem controller being further programmed to:
receive said keychain location cipher seed for said second of said at least two software applications;
generate said second address of said second location based on said received keychain location cipher seed;
retrieve, from said second location, said master key and said first address of said first location; and
decrypt, with said master key, said encrypted transport data retrieved from said first location.
18. A method for securely transferring data between at least two software applications within a restricted ecosystem of software applications, the method comprising:
loading a first of said at least two software applications onto an application loader;
receiving, from a second of said at least two software applications, a keychain location cipher seed;
generating a first address of a first location based on said received keychain location cipher seed, said first location being part of at least one computer memory;
retrieving, from said first location, an encrypted master key and a second address of a second location, said second location being part of said at least one computer memory;
retrieving, from said second location, encrypted transport data; and
decrypting said encrypted transport data with said retrieved master key.